First 25.7
Beneteau · Jean-Marie Finot · 2004
Updated
The First 25.7 is a 7.47 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2004. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 62% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 62% of the boats it races against.
61st of 159 in its class.
Length
7.47 m
24′ 6″
Beam
2.76 m
Draft
1.46 m
Displacement
2.1 t
Sail area
36 m²
On the podium
Where a First 25.7 finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a First 25.7 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
No regattas found yet.
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a First 25.7 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.14
41°
Beam reach
7.24
90°
Broad reach
8.18
135°
Downwind VMG
6.63
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a First 25.7
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.77 | 3.79 | 4.19 | 4.14 |
| 52° | 4.28 | 5.61 | 6.08 | 6.12 |
| 60° | 4.53 | 5.82 | 6.29 | 6.39 |
| 75° | 4.69 | 6.00 | 6.53 | 6.84 |
| 90° | 4.94 | 6.31 | 6.81 | 7.24 |
| 110° | 5.02 | 6.43 | 7.20 | 8.00 |
| 120° | 4.88 | 6.34 | 7.17 | 8.36 |
| 135° | 4.39 | 6.08 | 6.90 | 8.18 |
| 150° | 3.75 | 5.52 | 6.44 | 7.47 |
| Run VMG | 3.25 | 4.78 | 5.71 | 6.63 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 380 kg.
Rigging
First 25.7 rig and sail dimensions
A First 25.7 carries 9.75 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.50 m boom, a forestay 10.46 m above the deck and a 3.48 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 8 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 40 to 58 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.